§ 598. — Salt River project, Arizona; sale of water power.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC598]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XVII--LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY
Sec. 598. Salt River project, Arizona; sale of water power
Whenever a development of power is necessary for the irrigation of
lands under the Salt River reclamation project, Arizona, or an
opportunity is afforded for the development of power under said project,
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, giving preference to
municipal purposes, to enter into contracts for a period not exceeding
fifty years for the sale of any surplus power so developed, and the
money derived from such sales shall be placed to the credit of said
project for disposal as provided in the contract between the United
States of America and the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association,
approved September 6, 1917: Provided, That no contract shall be made for
the sale of such surplus power which will impair the efficiency of said
project: Provided, however, That no such contract shall be made without
the approval of the legally organized water-users' association or
irrigation district which has contracted with the United States to repay
the cost of said project: Provided further, That the charge for power
may be readjusted at the end of five-, ten-, or twenty-year periods
after the beginning of any contract for the sale of power in a manner to
be described in the contract.
(Sept. 18, 1922, ch. 323, 42 Stat. 847.)
